Banded feather-winged beetle vs cutleaf crab apple

Acrotrichis fascicularis compared with Malus toringoides

Key Differences

• Banded feather-winged beetle is Least Concern while cutleaf crab apple is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded feather-winged beetle	cutleaf crab apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Ptiliidae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Acrotrichis	Malus
Species	Acrotrichis fascicularis	Malus toringoides

Conservation Status

Banded feather-winged beetle

LC — Least Concern

cutleaf crab apple

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded feather-winged beetle	cutleaf crab apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded feather-winged beetle

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan), Europe (4 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

cutleaf crab apple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Banded feather-winged beetle

The Banded feather-winged beetle (Acrotrichis fascicularis) is a species in the genus Acrotrichis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.